Author's Note: I'm looking for a beta/partner to help find any grammatical mistakes I may have and help develop the imagery in the story. If you're interested PM me. Also id like to say no pairings are decided and that you, the reader have the power to decide who Naruto ends up with. However you only have three choices. go vote in the poll for your favorite heroine. In regards to Naruto beating Makarov it was only because Makarov underestimated Naruto giving him various openings to place seals on him. Yes Naruto will be incredibly strong in this story but he will have several challenges. And lastly I hope this chapter is not as 'rushed' as the last one seemed to be.
Ch. 2
Ultear and Naruto were currently on a train to the mountains. Naruto had never been on one before, usually only nobles had the money to use such a form of transportation as hiring a ninja escort was more fiscally achievable. In other words ninjas were cheap. As he looked out the window his thoughts wandered. Ultear meanwhile was off in her own little world her thoughts on the blond next to her
'Why is he helping me, he doesn't really talk but he's been really kind to me since we met. I feel safe when I'm around him. He's really strong but he seems to be about my age.' She simply couldn't understand why a complete stranger would go to such lengths to help her. What did he get out of it.
Ultear looked to him before deciding she would sleep. She went over to him sat in his lap and fell asleep. He seemed like he was trustworthy so there seemed no reason not to sit on his lap.
While this was happening Naruto didn't know why but this girl was really affecting him. She was causing emotions that he hadn't felt in a long time compassion, being the most prevalent. And here she was sitting in his lap sleeping. At that moment an image of a red haired women popped into his mind. She was staring down at him signing a beautiful lullaby. Naruto felt a saddened by the memory but didn't really know why. Whatever this girl was doing it was not pleasant. However he wasn't about to push her off and leave her to fend for herself. He would leave her with her mother.
Thinking more about it he also decided to leave a seal that would alert him if any large amount of power or killing intent was released. He had created this seal when working in root. Often he had missions where he would have to protect clients from a distance so this was his solution.
If she had this seal with her should she ever be in trouble he would know. However reaching her was another matter so a Hiraishin seal would also have to be added. He would protect her because she had been through a terrible experience but that didn't mean he would stay with her.
As the train slowed to a stop he gently shook her awake and placed the seals on her. She woke up seconds later, with a look of curiosity on her face she decided to ask him what he looked like behind his mask.
"What do you look like behind your mask Naruto-kun" she asked slyly. He looked at her pondering what his answer should be before saying "Like no one in particular, lets go." Leaving behind a face faulting Ultear.
After several hours of silent hiking they made their way to Ultear's mothers house. They could hear the telltale sounds of training. What Ultear saw shocked her. There was her mother with another child teaching him her Ice Make magic. It took her several seconds before she realized the situation in front of her.
"She replaced me! She left me with those, those monsters and replaced me with them!" She was so upset. Her mind was racing a million miles per second. Her mother, who she loved with all her heart, had replaced her.
Before she could continue her rant Naruto took her hand and walked in front of her mother. He wasn't about to be stuck with this kid before he knew all the facts. Ultear struggled but his superior strength caused her to be dragged along till she was in front of her mother. Immediately the training stopped and Ul stood frozen at the sight of her daughter.
Ultear looked at her mother not knowing what to do she charged saying "You replaced me!" Her magic power rose to incredible degrees and she proceeded to battle her mother with the one spell she knew of Ice Make. Ul however just stood there thinking 'Is this real? Is my baby alive?'.
"Ice Make Rose Garden!" Ultear shouted creating a garden of ice which approached her mother. Naruto sighed and face palmed at the situation, before the spell could hit her Naruto lifted his mask slightly and performed several hand signs before releasing a Fire Dragon no Jutsu. It was clearly getting out of hand so he decided to speak and get the mother out of her obvious trance.
"Calm down" he said to Ultear as his fire dragon destroyed her garden with ease. He then looked at Ul and said "Are you Ultear's mother?" Ul realizing she wasn't dreaming immediately launched at Ultear and hugged her crying out "You're alive!"
Ultear struggled simply not know how to react. She didn't know what to do so she was so angry. Her emotions were all over the place. So much so that she began crying as well saying "Why did you leave me there okaa-san!?"
Ul held her closer then looked at her and explained that she was told she had died. She had taken Ultear to be healed by the magic council's research lab but they said they were unable to heal her. They had not given her body back stating that it was to horrific a sight. As Ul explained all this Naruto watched as they cried and reunited after being separated for such a large amount of time.
As he turned to leave Ultear noticed before asking "Where are you going?" Naruto turned and said "You have been reunited with your mother and I am no longer needed." Ul looked shocked at the boy saying "Surely you could stay I must thank you for bringing me my daughter."
Naruto shook his head signifying his negative response and said "I will always be there for you Ultear, what you went through was terrible but you must learn to live without me." Ultear looked at him before running towards him with arms open.
"I don't want you to go." She said with tears dropping from her eyes. He looked at her and said "I will protect you but I need to live my own life." He let her go nodding to her mother and then flashed away.
As Ultear turned to her mother Ul asked "Who was he?"
Ultear answered after a pause and sais "His name is Naruto"
5 months later
Naruto had just destroyed some tower for the council. Apparently one of the members had felt his power when he released it at Fairy tail and tracked him down. Looking back he knew he had been extremely lucky in that fight. Due to the Master underestimating him he was able to get several openings which he capitalized on by making seals. However he knew that in his current physical state he was no match for that man if he ever went all out.
Since then he took many jobs for the council. With the money he had obtained he was able to live in a beautiful apartment in Era, Fiore's capital.
As he left the tower, many of the children and adults thanked him immensely. Among the large crowd he saw red hair that reminded him of his mother. Quickly making his way through the tower he approached a little girl with an eye patch. Her and her friends were crying around the remains of an old man he had been unable to save.
"What is your name?" He asked the red head. "Erza Scarlet" she replied sadly. After looking her over he quickly deduced she had an eye missing. He didn't know the circumstances by which this had occurred but he could guess that it was probably through means of torture. He nodded before saying turning back to the crowd. "The magic council has sent ships to pick you up. You will be taken to the capital and debriefed, then you will be free to go wherever you wish." As if on cue to his statement several ships landed on shore and the people cheered.
Unknown to everyone however a blue haired boy remained in the tower. He knew that this newcomer was powerful and he would kill him if he tried to keep the slaves. 'I will build the tower for Zeref by myself. And also learn of who this person is, he could be a problem in the future. In time I will become powerful enough to defeat him. And then I will usher Zeref into this world.' Jellal thought to himself.
In Era
When they arrived in Era Naruto quickly took the girl and her friends to the hospital. When the staff were taking to long he pushed a council identification card in front of them causing their eyes to widen and quickly escort them to separate rooms.
One of the children, with black hair looked at Naruto suspiciously before asking "How do you have so much respect, in fact why were you the only one the council sent to save us?" Naruto turned to him his mask causing him to appear ominous before only answering one of the questions. "I was all that was needed."
As they entered their respective rooms Naruto went with Erza. He stood at the door awkwardly before he said "I can give you an eye." Erza immediately looked at him with suspicion and asked "What would you want in return." He stared at her as if to praise her intelligence and said "I would want you to grow strong. Strong enough to protect your friends, and when I deem you strong enough I will ask a favor from you." Erza looked at him with growing suspicion before asking "what type of favor?"
"I can't say, but it won't cause harm to anyone, it will involve doing something for me." Naruto replied looking away from her. In truth he didn't know what he would do with such a favor. However his shinobi training had left an imprint on him to the fact that a favor was always useful in the world.
Erza looked down and thought about his proposal before agreeing. Naruto accepted her word and then pulled out a scroll. This was one of his creations that he was extremely proud of. It would change his chakra to healing chakra and then stimulate the cells to increase their rate of Mitosis. It had taken him the better part of most of his five months in Earthland to create it but he could see it come in handy for many situations.
He placed the seal over her eye before pushing chakra into it. Erza felt a slight tingling feeling for about a minute and then it stopped. When he removed the seal she was able to see from her left eye again. She was so happy that she dashed to her friends room to show them. As she continued to show the others her new eye she went back to thank the strange masked blond but found no one.
Later that night Naruto was in his room his shirt removed researching types of magic that would suit him. He was particularly researching Godslayer magic due to the fact that one could replenish magical power through it. Something he barely had right now. He then felt the seal on Ultear activate. In a flash he was immediately transported to Ultear's location and the sight that greeted him was a very large monster.
Ul (with one arm missing) Gray and Ultear all looked at the blond. Ul was just about to use Iced shell on Deloria when Naruto appeared out of nowhere. He simply took in his surroundings when Deloria went to smash him. "Shit." Was all Naruto said before he was smashed to the ground. When the demon removed its hand a bloody and very battered Naruto was left still breathing but clearly injured. The demon then proceeded to continually smash the small blond. It formed a very large crater in the ground because of its continuous smashes.
Ultear screamed and ran towards him when she saw that he was injured but before she was even remotely close a blood red skeleton erupted around him. It took the form of a fox with 9 blood red tails swaying behind it.
Naruto knew his situation was dire. He was an expert at killing but it was somewhat limited to humans. He only had two techniques that would work against such a massive beast. All was silent as Naruto uttered the name of his technique. "Susanoo" he said above barley a whisper. He had changed this technique incredibly so he could utilize Kyuubi's power without injuring himself. However one drawback was that only half of Kyuubi's real power was used and none of it's techniques were accessible either.
The large construct looked around before roaring. "You've finally let me out again. The last time was to fight the Ichibi Jinchuriki, that sand village sure gave Konoha a lot of money for that mission. And look such a large opponent for me to make bleed and kill." Naruto was frowning behind his mask He wasn't hurt often so he wanted to set an example to this beast. "Make it slow Kyuubi, I want nothing left, I want it erased from this earth, after you're done with it I want there to be only story's of how weak it was." The construct looked immensely pleased with it's containers short speech before responding "It shall be done."
When he said that it was as if the floodgates of power were released. All present began shaking before emptying the contents of their stomachs. It felt as if dying were a better option than being in the mere presence of such a beast. It was this worlds first experience to Killing Intent. Kyuubi then began fighting... no fighting suggests that both sides put up a fight. No what this was, could only be described as, murder. Four tails held down Deloria as Kyuubi ate it alive using its other tails to carve it up. All the while Deloria thrashed and screamed. Screams that would give Nightmares to all who heard them. Eventually the terrible screams of the beast began to lessen before they stopped. At that point the large crimson red construct roared its accomplishment to the skies before disappearing into Naruto's Navel.
Naruto stumbled looking very weakened by using such a technique before making his way to Ultear who looked frightened but smiled nonetheless at his presence. "Are you hurt?" He asked her with something foreign in his voice. His voice was laced with emotion. Worry. Ultear smiled at the first real emotion she had seen him express "My Okaa-san lost her arm, can you help her?" He nodded before making his way to Ul.
Ul looked at Naruto with horror in her eyes. What type of friend had her daughter made. He was a monster in his own right, yet for the sake of being thankful she let him place a small paper with black markings on her. Soon she felt a tingling and realized her wounds were closing and he arm was growing back. To be honest it freaked her out but she wasn't going to complain. When her arm was... regrown after about ten minutes he made his way back to Ultear before collapsing on her. The last thing Naruto heard was Ultear concerned voice before he fell asleep in he arms.
Morning
The next day Naruto woke up without something very important to him. His mask. Upon this realization he... blushed? Next to him was Ultear causing Naruto to freak out even more and curl into a ball. He needed his mask. It was how he coped with his feelings. The ones that could very well cause him to... he didn't want to think of the last time his mask was taken off. He had made a fool of himself fainting when he saw a female academy student.
When Ultear woke up and upon seeing that Naruto curled up in a ball she called out "Okaa-san something's wrong with Naruto-kun." Her mother came rushing into the room, ignoring the fact that her daughter had sneaked into his room. What she saw surprised her the boy who had such immense power curled like, well like a scared child.
She walked up to him rubbing his back in soothing circles thinking that he was in pain or sad and asked "What's wrong?" He tightened up when she touched him but was able to whisper "Get my mask." Ul looked confused before complying and retrieving his mask. We she gave it to him he promptly put it on his face. Slowly he uncurled from his ball before apologizing "I'm sorry you had to see that but without my mask the seals I've placed to help with my emotions do not work." Ul and Ultear looked at him wanting more of an answer but he didn't say anything to embarrassed. This emotion was the only one that Naruto was made to give up through the use of seals.
However Danzo wasn't stupid, He capitalized on the fact that Naruto was embarrassed by and infatuated with women. Whenever Naruto on the rare occasion gave him trouble he would get an academy student from the Hokage and basically have them relay his orders. Of course during this Naruto's mask was off causing him to agree to whatever the girl at the time asked.
"Well we have breakfast ready in the kitchen perhaps you'll stay and eat." Ul said with no room for argument. Naruto slowly nodded before looking at Ultear and realized she had slept with him in the same bed. Naruto looked at her but she was looking away. She quickly left the bed before joining her mother and leaving the room.
'I have things to do, I can't stay for much longer. I'll eat breakfast then leave.' he thought while walking to the bathroom to take a shower. As he walked to the kitchen he could smell a nice a meal and sat down at the table.
As everyone seated including Ul's two disciples an uncomfortable silence ensued. Not enjoying the silence Gray turned to Naruto and said "So Naruto who taught you your magic." Naruto had surprisingly already finished his food not allowing the two students to see his face.
He answered shortly "Nobody."
"Come on, that was the most powerful technique I've ever seen you couldn't have taught yourself!" Naruto decided not to answer causing Gray to become angry. Fearing a fight could break out, one where Gray would obviously lose Ul changed the topic and asked "Where do you live Naruto?"
Inwardly Naruto was confused why were they all looking at him, asking all these questions. If he answered would they stop or would they ask more? He didn't know how to react in these social situations! Deciding to just answer for once he said "I live in Era in the lower west side. I often do jobs for the council and spend most of my time in the library."
The silence resumed as everyone was surprised to hear him say so much without being prodded. Before they could say anything more he thanked them for the meal and flashed away.
The next day
Back in Naruto's apartment he was going over what he could find of God-slayer magic when a projection of a very large man appeared. Naruto looked up from his books to the projection and then back to the books. Hades was amused at the blonds clear lack of fear and decided to speak of the reason he came. "You know I could give you the tools to learn God slayer magic." This time Naruto looked up and continued staring before asking "What would you want in return?" Hades contemplated this before saying "You must destroy dark guilds that oppose my own." Naruto stared at him thinking over his proposition and said "I accept."
Either way it was a win-win situation. He would have the tools he required to learn the magic he liked most and be able to learn the locations of Dark guilds at the same time. Hades however was smirking. He wouldn't be satisfied with just that. He would learn the boy's weakness and exploit it. He had the making of a very powerful mage in front of him.
